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Effects of acute exercise varying in duration and intensity, as well as of two training regimes (endurance and sprint training) on the sensitivity of the soleus muscle of rat to insulin was measured in vitro and compared in rats. As an index of the muscle insulin sensitivity the hormone concentration in the incubation medium which would produce half maximum stimulation of lactate production (LA) and glycogen synthesis was determined. A single bout of moderate endurance exercise (60 min treadmill running at 20 m×min−1, 0° inclination) increased the rate of LA production at the hormone concentrations used and increased the sensitivity of the process to insulin at 0.25 and 2 h but not 24 h after termination of exercise. Similar though less pronounced effects were found after heavy endurance exercise (30 min at 25 m×min−1, 10°), but sprint exercise (6×10 s bouts at 43 m×min−1, 0°) had no influence on the insulin sensitivity of the soleus muscle. The rate of glycogen synthesis in vitro was accelerated after endurance exercise, but the sensitivity of this process to insulin was unaffected by the preceding exercise. Endurance training for 5 weeks caused marked enhancement of sensitivity of both LA production and glycogen synthesis to insulin, which persisted for at least 48 h after the last training session. No changes in the soleus muscle sensitivity to insulin were found after sprint training. It is concluded that the increased insulin sensitivity of glucose utilization by skeletal muscle which occurs after endurance exercise and particularly during endurance training can substantially contribute to improved carbohydrate tolerance. Sprint exercise does not produce any changes in muscle insulin sensitivity, at least in the soleus muscle of the rat.
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Langfort, J., Budohoski, L. & Newsholme, E.A. Effect of various types of acute exercise and exercise training on the insulin sensitivity of rat soleus muscle measured in vitro. Pflugers Arch. 412, 101–105 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583737
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